Elbert L. Carpenter House

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Elbert L. Carpenter House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates: 44°57′60″N 93°17′2″W / 44.96667, -93.28389Coordinates: 44°57′60″N 93°17′2″W / 44.96667, -93.28389
Built/Founded: 1906
Architect: William Channing Whitney
Architectural style(s): Colonial Revival, Other
Added to NRHP: September 13, 1977
NRHP Reference#: 77000738

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Governing body: Private

The Elbert L. Carpenter House is a house in the Loring Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was designed by notable local architect William Channing Whitney in the Colonial Revival style. The house is significant not only for its architecture, but also for its resident, a businessman in the lumber industry. He helped to organize the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, now known as the Minnesota Orchestra.[2] The Minneapolis Labor Review noted, "it was to him that everyone looked when stringent times in the world of work, trade and finance brought stringent times to the world of music. He never failed to respond with both financial support and ingenious plans for getting the Symphony through the storm of every depression."[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ a b Elbert L. Carpenter House. Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission (2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  3. ^ Elbert L. Carpenter Collection. University of Minnesota Libraries (2002). Retrieved on 2008-04-25.

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